Re: netbooting problems

2001-10-01 Thread Colin Walters
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Um. Why do you have both dhcpd and bootpd on the same system? Remove > bootpd if you aren't using it (if you're using dhcpd, obviously you > aren't). Then try again. I don't have it installed: neutral:/home/walters# dpkg -l bootp Desired=Unknown/Install

Re: netbooting problems

2001-10-01 Thread Derrik Pates
On 2 Oct 2001, Colin Walters wrote: > Oct 1 23:49:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:03:93:54:7b:46 via > eth1 > Oct 1 23:49:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.5.90 to > 00:03:93:54:7b:46 via eth1 > Oct 1 23:49:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.5.90 from > 0

netbooting problems

2001-10-01 Thread Colin Walters
So, I'm trying to netboot my replacement TiBook. I'm following Ethan's instructions at: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/netboot.html I've set up my /tftpboot directory, and installed dhcpd and tftpd. Here's what I get in my log files: Oct 1 23:49:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER from 0

Re: Install method?

2001-10-01 Thread Chris Tillman
> Hi Folks, > > I'm a newbie to Debian-PPC, but have been using Debian i386 for years. I've > got a Power Tower Pro 225 that I've had around doing not much of anything, > so I decided to make it a linux box. I also heard about Mac on Linux, and > that really pushed me over the edge. > > I didn't w

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-01 Thread Chris Tillman
> the output of ofpath for /dev/hda6 is > /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6 > > now what do i need to give the arguments for the nvsetenv command? > Try nvsetenv /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 If you get a boot: prompt, try typing Linux in response. *---

Re: will changing xmodmap work for Delete/backspace?

2001-10-01 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Sean O'Brien wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xmodmap -e "keycode 59 = Backspace" > xmodmap: commandline:0: bad keysym name 'Backspace' This is case-sensitive, and must be 'BackSpace'. You can edit /etc/X11/Xmodmap and simply uncomment the appropriate line.

Re: Adaptec 2906 SCSI card-again

2001-10-01 Thread Derrik Pates
Please, in the future, have your mail client wrap your messages at a sane width, say 72 characters - not all of us use GUI mail clients. On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, mmissett wrote: > I was all set to install version 2.2 from CD to a G4 before I read in > the archives about problems with the Adaptec 2906

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Jeffrey W. Baker
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 07:36:50PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Ok. I lied, galeon only works for root. If I try to run it as a > > > you should not even be trying that, ever. > > Advice is good,

will changing xmodmap work for Delete/backspace?

2001-10-01 Thread Sean O'Brien
Hello, newbie here. I am running potato (2.2.18pre21) on an iMac rev B. My keyboard has a delete key, which i'm used to using as a backspace key in MacOS (this keyboard has no backspace key...) It works as a real delete key in X though. I'm assuming I have to use xmodmap to fix this, but I can'

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 07:36:50PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Ok. I lied, galeon only works for root. If I try to run it as a > > > > you should not even be trying that, ever. > > Advice is good, reasons are even better. Why shouldn't I ru

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ok. I lied, galeon only works for root. If I try to run it as a > > you should not even be trying that, ever. Advice is good, reasons are even better. Why shouldn't I run it as root? > > non-priveleged user I get an error dialog: > > > > Cannot

Re: Can't get rid of postgresql

2001-10-01 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:19:50PM -0700, Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Thing is, when I try to apt-get remove postgresql or dpkg -P > postgresql, the script that runs before removal wants to start > postmaster, and fails when it can't start. > > Can anyone provide any hints on how to

Can't get rid of postgresql

2001-10-01 Thread Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick
I've got a munged up postgresql configuration on my machine, and I'd like to get rid of the whole thing. Don't care about data, I just want to remove it all and start over. Thing is, when I try to apt-get remove postgresql or dpkg -P postgresql, the script that runs before removal wants to st

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:53:44PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > "Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 23:33, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > > > I went to upgrade to the mozilla-browser in unstable, and I get a > > > segfault on line 24 during the dpkg configur

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 23:33, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > I went to upgrade to the mozilla-browser in unstable, and I get a > > segfault on line 24 during the dpkg configuration that line is just: > > Downgrade libc6 to 2.2.4-1 . BTW no more need to

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Colin Walters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason E. Stewart) writes: > Yup, that did it. I had to 'apt-get remove locales' as well, as it > required glibc2.2 ...?? Just get the locales package which matches the version of libc6. All of this should be in: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/>

Adaptec 2906 SCSI card-again

2001-10-01 Thread mmissett
I was all set to install version 2.2 from CD to a G4 before I read in the archives about problems with the Adaptec 2906 SCSI card. My plan was to install on an external SCSI drive which is connected by that card. Is this not going to work and/or going to create serious problems? Would a later

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 23:33, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > I went to upgrade to the mozilla-browser in unstable, and I get a > > segfault on line 24 during the dpkg configuration that line is just: > > Downgrade libc6 to 2.2.4-1 . BTW no more need to

yaboot-1.3.3, patch to seperate dhcp and tftp servers]

2001-10-01 Thread pjordan
--- Begin Message --- Hello, I wanted to boot a cluster of G4's using yaboot and a tftp server, but since there were already two DHCP servers on the network I thought it best to leave off a third ;) Anyway, with the patch below my linux box can run just a plain old tftp server, and the other G4's

Install method?

2001-10-01 Thread Michelle Murrain
Hi Folks, I'm a newbie to Debian-PPC, but have been using Debian i386 for years. I've got a Power Tower Pro 225 that I've had around doing not much of anything, so I decided to make it a linux box. I also heard about Mac on Linux, and that really pushed me over the edge. I didn't want to wai

Re: Where to find updates??

2001-10-01 Thread Michel Dänzer
nOn Mon, 2001-10-01 at 18:45, Bjoern Berg wrote: > On Montag, 1. Oktober 2001 01:22 Ethan Benson wrote: > > thats a pain really.. > > > > best way to do it is copy the root.bin, and linux files to /boot setup > > yaboot to boot them (or quik on oldworld). then reboot, the > > installation system

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-01 Thread Sridhar Kodela
From: Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: PowerPC Subject: Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:21:34 -0800 On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 08:02:52PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > and nvsetenv (without arguments). Also, you might try booting into Open > Firmware using the cmd

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 23:33, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > I went to upgrade to the mozilla-browser in unstable, and I get a > segfault on line 24 during the dpkg configuration that line is just: Downgrade libc6 to 2.2.4-1 . BTW no more need to submit a bug about this. ;) -- Earthling Michel Dänze

segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-01 Thread Jason E. Stewart
Hey All, I went to upgrade to the mozilla-browser in unstable, and I get a segfault on line 24 during the dpkg configuration that line is just: regxpcom >/dev/null 2>/dev/null Running it by hand gives the same result. Running it under gdb gives the uninformative: Program received signal

Re: Where to find updates??

2001-10-01 Thread Bjoern Berg
On Montag, 1. Oktober 2001 01:22 Ethan Benson wrote: > thats a pain really.. > > best way to do it is copy the root.bin, and linux files to /boot setup > yaboot to boot them (or quik on oldworld). then reboot, the > installation system will be booted, make sure you read the install > docs since i

Re: Where to find updates??

2001-10-01 Thread Bjoern Berg
On Sonntag, 30. September 2001 23:22 Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sun, 2001-09-30 at 23:17, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Bjoern Berg wrote: > > > > You should try apt-zip: > > > > > > But if I see right, this means to use first apt and then copy the > > > shell-script to the network-p

Re: Where to find updates??

2001-10-01 Thread Bjoern Berg
On Montag, 1. Oktober 2001 00:15 Rogério Brito wrote: > Would a chroot environment work here (say, using potato's > base2_2.tgz and upgrading)? Are both computers working > PowerPC? No, one is a PowerPC and the other with the internet-connection is an Intel-machine with SuSE 7

Re: change xmodmap for lower enter key?

2001-10-01 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Steven Hanley wrote: > I have tried changing the key X sees when the enter key is pressed on > my pismo keyboard. > > using > "keycode 108 = Control_L" > > it seems to work fine as the xev program sees it as Control L or > Control R, however X apps dont seem to see the change,

Re: kernel oops benh+xfs kernel

2001-10-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Kevin van Haaren writes: > Is anyone running the 2.4.10-ben0 kernel with XFS patch applied? Are > you getting occasional kernel oopses? Yes. No. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz je pézqbpbe je djuz tqtaj!

change xmodmap for lower enter key?

2001-10-01 Thread Steven Hanley
All I have tried changing the key X sees when the enter key is pressed on my pismo keyboard. using "keycode 108 = Control_L" I also tried Control_R, same thing happened. it seems to work fine as the xev program sees it as Control L or Control R, however X apps dont seem to see the change, ema

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 08:02:52PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > and nvsetenv (without arguments). Also, you might try booting into Open > Firmware using the cmd-opt-o-f combination at boot. If you get an OF prompt, > you can then check the list of devices OF recognizes using > > dev / ls > >